JOHN POV
"Hello Mrs. Hudson" John says as he walks through the door. She walks over to him and gives him a hug.
"You two will be fine." She says and smiles.
He wants to comment that it's not that easy but he knows Mrs. Hudson won't really absorb that information. Instead, he walks up the stairs. Walking through the door he sees Sherlock standing in front of the window. He looks like he is deep in thought and does not want to disturb him, so he walks over to the couch where he left his scarf two nights ago. He's about to leave when Sherlock's voice stops him.
"I wasn't sure what to do with that. So I just left it there." Sherlock says pointing to the scarf.
John is about to reply when his phone rings. It's Mary. It's a strange time to call but he picks it up. He puts the phone farther from his ears immediately as all he can hear is a lot of yelling on Mary's side.
"I have to go." John says and turns to leave.
"What is it?" Sherlock asks.
"Mary's in labour."
Sherlock follows John outside and gets into the cab that John called. Apparently, a friend was taking Mary to the hospital where they would meet up.
"John, you need to breathe." Sherlock says.
"Hm?" John looks over at him.
"I've been counting how many times you have taken a breath in the past three minutes and it's not enough. You will pass out. Mary will need you in full health." Sherlock says and John nods.
The two of them run over to where Mary is.
"Sherlock? What are you doing here? Aaaaaah!" Mary asks in between yells.
"Mary? You're doing great." John says soothingly, or tries to.
"I'll be…out there." Sherlock points outside and leaves. John doesn't really pay attention because he's about to become a father.
It isn't long before they hear their daughter's first cries and a tear escapes John's eye.
"She's beautiful." John says in astonishment.
"Of course she is, she's ours. Go get Sherlock." Mary states.
"Sherlock? Why?" John asks in confusion.
"Well he came here with you did he not?" Mary asks.
"He did? Right…" John goes out through the door but there's no one there.
"Hi, did you, by any chance, see a tall man with dark curly hair and a long coat?" John actually wasn't sure whether he was wearing that coat but he wouldn't be surprised. The nurse points him to the doors that lead outside.
John walks out and sees the man standing under the roof as the rain falls. There's a cigarette in his hand.
"You're smoking again." John can't help but remark.
"Yes, well…" Sherlock doesn't elaborate.
"We will have a talk about that. But not now. Come up, I'm a father." John says. Sherlock smiles lightly at John and follows him.
The two of them look through the window of the room and John walks in, but Sherlock doesn't follow. John waves him in with a reassuring smile as if he were the one in need of reassurance.
"Congratulations Mary and John. You are now parents. You will have zero sleep. You will constantly hear a child cry and scream. Mostly, I'm not sure why anyone would want that but apparently it's a trend." Sherlock states.
"Sherlock!" John says sternly but smiles because he missed his friend.
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SHERLOCK POV
Mary is still in the hospital with Rosamund but has managed to persuade John to go home. Sherlock sneaks into the hospital to find out more about Mary because something isn't adding up. He's about to enter Mary's room but he hears voices coming from there so he hides behind a panel near the door.
"The boss is getting impatient R. You have a list that you haven't followed up on, not fully anyways and he does not like quitters. If you don't deal with it I will have to deal with you." The man in the room says and Sherlock sees him point his gun at Mary for a moment before putting it away.
"I will deal with it Jareg." Mary replies her voice icy and made of steel.
"Let's hope for both our sakes that's true." the man says and then climbs out of the window.
Sherlock runs outside as fast as he can but is too late to see the man, Jareg. He doesn't return to see Mary. Instead he goes to his flat to do some digging.